Toei Animation Releases Preview Clip for 'Detective Precure!' Episode 40

Toei Animation released a preview video for episode 40 of Detective Precure!, titled "Ruruka's Answer," on October 25, according to news.denfaminicogamer.jp. The episode is scheduled to air on November 8 from 8:30 to 9:00 on ABC TV and TV Asahi affiliates.

The preview indicates that Ruruka Moria appears again as Cure Arcana Shadow. In the episode, Moria confronts Gouemon.

According to the episode synopsis, while on her way to school, Moria is told by Gouemon that a Makoto Jewel resides in a gift her classmate Mio received from her boyfriend, and Gouemon challenges her.

December 1 note: All Nichi-Asa programming on TV Asahi affiliates, including Tanpre, will be preempted on November 1 due to coverage of the All Japan University Ekiden relay race.

In the background, Moria last appeared as Cure Arcana Shadow in the TV series in episode 30. In episode 31, she shed "Shadow" and became Cure Arcana, while at the end of that episode Gouemon retrieved the Tear Arcana Rod. In episode 33, Gouemon awarded Moria, who had graduated from the Phantom thief gang, a "diploma," and the Tear Arcana Rod returned to her hands. In the film Detective Precure! The Mysterious Garden and the Two Secrets, which has been in theaters since September 18, Moria briefly transforms back into Cure Arcana Shadow.